Europe Built Trains. America Built Highways and Regret.
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Also the idea of scheduling a trip and then a not uncommon European transit strike cancelling it sounds like just what the USA needs. I am delighted our country has defended the rights of interstate travel because I was in Asia during Covid and I quickly realized how scary it was to be on the other side of the state barrier from the airport when interstate travel was essentially halted
Arguments about European transport are tired and fail to account for the geography and population distribution differences between our continents.
Not nearly as common as you make it to be. More like ... incredibly rare.
Also, Americans fly long distances rather then driving 24 hours.
The only times I’ve heard of this are when people with an extreme fear of flying, driving from nyc to Florida for a work event or vice versa, and actual once in a lifetime planned trips that are a vacation in of themselves
Portland - Boston- NYC - Philli - DC
Keys - Miami - Orlando - Jacksonville
SF - SJ - LA - SD
Detroit - Chicago - Milwaukee
Houston - San Antonio- Austin - Dallas
All of these are over European distances, European densities (ish) and high traffic corridors.
We just use it to ship stuff, not people.
People prefer planes to trains to cross large countries anyway.